Forsaken Paths

Trapped by the gravity vacuums of the past
where each of my roads diverged
left forever spiraling the drains
of decisions made long ago

Only able to follow a single strand of steel
from a once finely coiled, now fraying wire
the helpless feeling of never knowing
the full potential of any life 

Intrusive daydream distractions
of the paths I could have taken
pull my attention in different directions
hounded by a ghost of half-hearted regret

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